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Acanthemblemaria castroi

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Acanthemblemaria castroi

Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Blenniiformes
Family:	Chaenopsidae
Genus:	Acanthemblemaria
Species:	A. castroi
Binomial name
*Acanthemblemaria castroi* J. S. Stephens & Hobson, 1966

Acanthemblemaria castroi, the Galapagos barnacle blenny, is a species of chaenopsid blenny endemic to coral reefs in the Galapagos Islands, in the southeast Pacific ocean. It can reach a maximum length of 6 cm (2.4 in) TL.^[2] The specific name honours a naturalist at the Charles Darwin Foundation, Academy Bay, Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos, Miguel Castro.^[3]

References[edit]

^ Bessudo, S.; Dominici-Arosemena, A.; espinosa, H.; Hastings, P.A. (2010). "Acanthemblemaria castroi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T183873A8192573. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T183873A8192573.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Acanthemblemaria castroi"inFishBase. February 2013 version.

^ Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (10 November 2018). "Order BLENNIIFORMES: Families CLINIDAE, LABRISOMIDAE and CHAENOPSIDAE". ETYFish Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 9 April 2019.

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